MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F018.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/rap/2510171800F018.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 18 hour RUC valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.94,-94.59 Latitude: 36.94 Longitude: -94.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 62 SFC 973 305 19.6 17.2 86 2.4 18.0 207 6 295.1 297.4 292.2 331.8 12.82 2 950 509 20.6 16.5 77 4.1 17.8 216 24 298.1 300.4 292.9 334.4 12.50 3 900 976 19.4 15.3 77 4.0 16.7 229 35 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.5 12.24 4 850 1467 16.7 13.0 79 3.7 14.3 241 36 303.6 305.7 293.5 336.7 11.12 5 800 1981 13.6 12.4 92 1.3 12.8 245 29 305.7 307.8 294.3 339.7 11.36 6 750 2523 9.6 8.3 92 1.3 8.8 241 24 307.0 308.7 293.0 334.9 9.23 7 700 3092 6.5 -0.9 59 7.5 2.7 241 30 309.7 310.7 290.5 325.6 5.12 8 650 3696 2.1 -5.7 56 7.8 -1.5 244 36 311.3 312.0 289.8 323.5 3.85 9 600 4336 -2.9 -6.1 79 3.2 -4.4 241 40 312.8 313.5 290.5 325.6 4.04 10 550 5020 -7.0 -12.5 64 5.6 -9.1 238 44 315.8 316.3 290.1 324.5 2.66 11 500 5757 -11.9 -15.4 75 3.5 -13.1 239 46 318.5 319.0 290.6 326.2 2.30 12 450 6555 -17.2 -19.5 82 2.4 -17.9 243 45 321.6 322.0 291.1 327.8 1.81 13 400 7427 -22.8 -28.2 62 5.3 -23.9 245 51 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.7 0.94 14 350 8393 -29.4 -45.0 21 15.5 -31.0 241 61 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.20 15 300 9472 -38.4 -51.7 23 13.3 -39.2 246 68 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.11 16 250 10697 -48.5 -50.4 81 1.9 -48.6 249 82 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.6 0.15 17 200 12135 -54.5 -68.3 17 13.8 -54.7 251 93 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 18 150 13959 -60.6 -82.8 4 22.2 -60.8 255 80 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16432 -68.2 -87.5 5 19.3 -68.3 257 37 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.07 m Freezing level: 629.27 mb = 3961.11 m = 12995.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.82 mb = 3475.46 m = 11402.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.31 mb = 606.33 m = 1989.24 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 16.29 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.22 mb = 1989.62 m = 6527.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.11 C = 86.20 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.61 C Cross Totals Index: 24.88 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 675.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.13 mb = 1265.67 m = 4152.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.13 mb = 3267.16 m = 10718.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.13 mb = 10823.93 m = 35511.15 ft B at Equ Level: 675.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.13 mb = 13349.88 m = 43798.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.3 neg: -29.4 tot: 208.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 19.13 Bulk Shear: 35.30 m/s